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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Hiroshi Fujitani, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Fujitani, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An oxidizing gas purification apparatus () for a fuel cell () has a compressor () that compresses oxidizing gas and sends the oxidizing gas; a cooling apparatus (), disposed downstream from the compressor (), that cools the oxidizing gas passing therethrough; an adsorbent unit (), disposed downstream from the cooling apparatus (), that houses an adsorbent () that adsorbs impurities included in the oxidizing gas sent from the cooling apparatus () at a prescribed adsorption temperature and releases the adsorbed impurities at a prescribed thermal regeneration temperature that is above the prescribed adsorption temperature by control of the operation of the cooling apparatus () to cool the oxidizing gas that has a temperature above the prescribed adsorption temperature and that is sent from the compressor ().